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Galileo, for Copernicanism and for the church
Galileo, per il copernicanesimo e per la chiesa. English
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- Creator
- Annibale Fantoli ; translation by George V. Coyne
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- Galileo
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- English
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- 3rd ed., rev. and enl
- [Cambridge] : [International Society for Science and Religion], [2007?]
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- xx, 620 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- 8820974274, 9788820974275
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- ocn756769023
- "ZZ91 FA11" -- Spine.
- Previously published: Città del Vaticana : Vatican Observatory Publications ; Notre Dame, Ind. : Distributed by the University of Notre Dame Press, ©2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-601) and index.
- Introduction: from the traditional worldview to the theory of Copernicus -- Galileo enters on stage. from his birth to his years in Padua -- The telescopic discoveries. the beginning and growth of the controversies -- Epilogue to the scriptural controversy. the De revolutionibus is listed on the index -- The controversy about comets and The assayer. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope -- The resumption of the Copernican program. the Dialogue is published -- The storm breaks loose. the trial and condemnation of Galileo -- The "Galileo affair" from the trial's end until today